Because a Dozen Passions Is Better Than One
bySome artists nestle themselves into a tight niche, content to focus on one medium. But then there’s Melissa Flattery. A U.S. Air Force veteran,…
Some artists nestle themselves into a tight niche, content to focus on one medium. But then there’s Melissa Flattery. A U.S. Air Force veteran,…
The 1960s was a time of change for many young Americans, and particularly so for Asheville artist Raphaella Vaisseau, whose career sprang from those…
Back in January, the River Arts District Artists (RADA) introduced a year-long, community-wide exhibition titled Who Am I, Who Are We? Open to all…
“There is a deep magic rooted here,” Eleanor Palmer says of Western North Carolina. Born and raised in Hendersonville, Palmer spent her childhood collecting…
Annie Gustely is not a Southern gal. She grew up in Ohio and moved to North Carolina in 2007. But her food still lifes…
Painting is a way of preserving a moment in time. Heidi Nisbett learned this while hiking the Appalachian Trail. An Upstate South Carolina native,…
Amid major renovations at Trackside Studios last August, workers found dozens of brick pavers hidden beneath the floor. According to gallery artist Julie Ann…
On July 2, 2011, Sylva-based watercolorist Pamela Haddock experienced every parent’s worst nightmare. Earlier that day, her 29-year-old son, Joshua, loaded his car with…
Lainard Bush can pinpoint the moment he became an artist. It was December 15, 1987 — his birthday. To celebrate, he booked an outdoor…
Abstractionists and realists relate like oil and water. Many realist painters scoff at abstract art as lacking technical mastery — and many abstractionists dismiss…